diff --git a/autoparallel/_testing/models/dsv3.py b/autoparallel/_testing/models/dsv3.py
index efb4352..e985b2c 100644
--- a/autoparallel/_testing/models/dsv3.py
+++ b/autoparallel/_testing/models/dsv3.py
@@ -702,8 +702,8 @@ def local_mapped_region(
     out: torch.Tensor,
     top_k: int,
     num_experts: int,
+    axis_name: str,
 ) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
-    axis_name = "ep"
     # assert False, f"{x.shape}, {selected_experts_indices.shape}, {top_scores.shape}, {out.shape}"
 
     dim = x.shape[-1]
@@ -878,9 +878,10 @@ def _moe_forward(
     shared_w1: torch.Tensor,
     shared_w3: torch.Tensor,
     shared_w2: torch.Tensor,
-    router: TokenChoiceTopKRouter,  # None
-    reorderer: TokenReorderer,  # None
-    mesh: Optional[DeviceMesh],  # None
+    router: TokenChoiceTopKRouter,
+    reorderer: TokenReorderer,
+    mesh: Optional[DeviceMesh],
+    axis_name: str,
 ):
     # x: 64, 2048, 256
     bs, slen, dim = x.shape
@@ -947,6 +948,7 @@ def _moe_forward(
         (Shard(0), Shard(0)),
         None,
         None,
+        None,
     )
 
     # assert False, f"{x.shape}, {selected_experts_indices.shape}, {top_scores.shape}, {out.shape}"
@@ -968,6 +970,7 @@ def _moe_forward(
         out,
         router.top_k,
         router.num_experts,
+        axis_name,
     )
     # assert False, f"there: {out.shape}, {num_tokens_per_expert.shape}"
 
@@ -1013,6 +1016,7 @@ def __init__(self, moe_args: MoEArgs, dim: int, hidden_dim: int):
 
         num_experts = moe_args.num_experts
         self.mesh = moe_args.mesh
+        self.axis_name = "ep"
         self.experts = GroupedExperts(
             dim=dim,
             hidden_dim=hidden_dim,
@@ -1075,9 +1079,10 @@ def forward(self, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
             shared_w1,
             shared_w3,
             shared_w2,
-            self.router,  # None
-            self.reorderer,  # None
-            self.mesh,  # None
+            self.router,
+            self.reorderer,
+            self.mesh,
+            self.axis_name,
         )
 
         # HOPs don't support buffer mutations, keep this outside